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What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)? What are the legal qualifications to become a candidate at legislative elections (Chamber 1)? Can independent candidates compete in presidential or legislative elections? Do political parties receive direct/indirect public funding? What is the basis of the public funding? Are political parties entitled to private funding?

Registration requirements for parties (Chamber 1)

What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?

What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?

total countries: 202

Answers	# Countries	% Countries	Country List
a. Signature requirement (specify requirement)	77	38.1%	Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Austria, Australia, Aruba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Switzerland, Cook Islands, Chile, Costa Rica, Germany, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guam, Honduras, Hungary, Iraq, Iceland, Italy, Kenya, Kiribati, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, Liberia, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Latvia, Marshall Islands, Malta, Mauritius, Malawi, Mexico, Namibia, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Palau, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Sao Tome and Principe, El Salvador, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Samoa, Zanzibar,
b. Deposit requirement (specify amount)	62	30.6%	Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Armenia, Aruba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Bermuda, Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the, Congo (Brazzaville), Cook Islands, Cameroon, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Estonia, Egypt, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Gabon, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ghana, Guinea, Guam, Haiti, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Korea, Republic of, Cayman Islands, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Morocco, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Netherlands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russian Federation, Seychelles, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uganda, South Africa,
c. Regional distribution requirement	21	10.3%	Cameroon, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Gambia, Honduras, Indonesia, Lebanon, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Romania, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Zanzibar,
d. No registration required	14	6.9%	Benin, Bahamas, Cyprus, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Ireland, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Martinique, Mauritania, Pakistan, Reunion, Sweden, Yemen,
e. Minimum number of candidates	18	8.9%	Burundi, Canada, Congo (Brazzaville), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Georgia, Japan, Kenya, Cambodia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Tanzania, United Republic of,
f. Other	73	36.1%	Albania, Armenia, Argentina, Australia, Aruba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Spain, Finland, Gambia, Guinea, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Croatia, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Cambodia, Korea, Republic of, Kazakhstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Republic of, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Mongolia, Mauritius, Malawi, Malaysia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Nepal, New Zealand, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Puerto Rico, Palestine, Palau, Paraguay, Romania, Sudan, Singapore, Slovenia, San Marino, El Salvador, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Tanzania, United Republic of, Ukraine, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, South Africa, Zambia,
g. No information available	29	14.3%	Angola, American Samoa, Botswana, China, Cape Verde, Dominica, Western Sahara, Eritrea, Micronesia, Federated States of, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kuwait, Saint Lucia, New Caledonia, Niue, French Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Saint Helena, Swaziland, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tonga, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S., Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna,
h. Not applicable	8	3.9%	United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Tuvalu, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe,